003. What are bonds?

This is not just another episode - it is an invitation to slow down, settle in, and truly absorb one of the most important, yet often underappreciated, revolutions in the history of finance: the rise of passive investing and the index fund.Today’s story is not about overnight for ...  Show more

This is the story of how a small Nordic nation, blessed with vast North Sea oil reserves, transformed temporary resource wealth into the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, managing over one and a half trillion dollars as of February 2026. Unlike many oil-rich countries that f ...  Show more

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Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we delve into one of life's greatest mysteries: where do bonds come from?? We take a brief detour through the capital markets group and walk through an example of corporate bond origination. We also discuss the lifestyle and exit opportunities as ...  Show more